Are her government’s tax cuts, ostensibly aimed to stimulate economic growth, brilliant or crazy? COMMENT | CHRIS PATEN | The death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II united the British people in grief, highlighting the bonds that hold the United Kingdom together: a shared sense of decency, purpose, and fairness. …
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Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Budumba sub-county, Butalejja district have raised concerns about the increased malaria deaths among infants. They say that their children register severe signs of malaria, ranging from headache, loss of appetite, vomiting, and urinating blood. According to the residents, they have been registering an average …
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Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) launched Thursday a campaign to raise awareness and spur action for suicide prevention in the African region, which has the world’s highest rates of death by suicide. Around 11 people per 100,000 per year die by suicide in the African region, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ecobank Uganda is allowing its customers to obtain loans with a pay-back reprieve of 75 days. Having this grace period allows customers to prepare their payment plans accordingly. “This week is a special moment for us,” remarked Ecobank’s Managing Director, Grace B Muliisa. We take this …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday demanded economic measures in response to Western sanctions, which are expected to intensify. “It is important to understand that the sanctions pressure on Russia will only increase,” Putin said at a government meeting on economic issues via video link. “In …
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They cry fraud because they base on the claim that they, and only they, represent `the real people’ COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | In the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election next month, President Jair Bolsonaro is crafting his own version of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie”: the claim …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University on Thursday celebrated 100 years of existence with calls to deepen the focus on science and research. Established by the colonial government as a small technical institution back in 1922, the institution which had 14 students studying in grass-thatched huts has risen to be …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have expressed the need for equipping children with financial literacy skills to save and invest early in their lives. The experts were on Thursday speaking at the closing event of a donor-funded financial literacy programme for primary school children in selected schools in the Kampala Metropolitan …
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Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district is struggling to recover millions of shillings under the Parish Development Model (PDM) that were diverted by civil servants. According to an investigation conducted last month, 208 million shillings was found to have been diverted by civil servants in the district for other activities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to receive a hundred doses of a trial vaccine being developed to prevent the Ebola Sudan strain. Dr. Tegegn Woldemariam, the WHO country representative revealed this on Thursday at a weekly WHO Africa press conference. He explained that there are two trial drugs being …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
